(Even the formatting was a complete mess yesterday. I'm truly speechless.)
Bai Zao was the only daughter of the Zhongzhou Sect's leader. Gifted and intelligent, with a serene and harmonious Dao heart, she was a rare Daoist cultivator genius, highly valued by her sect and ranked among the very best of its younger Daoist cultivators. More importantly, she was broad-minded in handling affairs and decisive in her actions, earning great respect from her fellow disciples. Even Tong Yan, whose arrogance knew no equal and who dared openly declare his dislike of Luo Huainan, held her in considerable esteem and never questioned her.
At the previous Plum Gathering, Luo Huainan had publicly declared his intention to go to the Northern Border and fight the monsters of the Ice and Snow Kingdom for humanity. Tong Yan was rather aloof and coldly proud, Zhuo Rusui had remained in seclusion for many years, and Zhao Layue had only just begun to make her name. In many people's eyes, Bai Zao was the strongest candidate to become the future leader of the Chaotian Continent's cultivation world-the Orthodox Alliance Leader, a position that had stood vacant for years.
Today was the first time many Daoist cultivators had seen Bai Zao.
They had never imagined that this figure, reputed to be steady and broad-minded, decisive to the point of being formidable, would be such a delicate, beautiful girl.
Her white dress stirred gently in the wind, as did her black hair. With slender brows and tranquil eyes, she looked like a painting, her expression delicate and touching, like a newly opened lotus, or, still more, a slender willow.
-This was Bai Zao.
Stunned by her beauty and fragility, everyone fell speechless for a moment.
Only the Green Mountain Sect's disciples remained calm, or rather, recovered